# Topic Playlist (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687 "2024-01-26T15:37:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4881 "2025-07-13T14:21:05Z")

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**Beatles songs included in the film _Across the Universe_**

1. Come Together
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. Helter Skelter
4. Blackbird
5. Across the Universe
6. It Won’t Be Long
7. Dear Prudence
8. Oh! Darling

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4882 "2025-07-13T15:28:36Z")

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**Beatles songs included in the film _Across the Universe_**

1. Come Together
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. Helter Skelter
4. Blackbird
5. Across the Universe
6. It Won’t Be Long
7. Dear Prudence
8. Oh! Darling
9. If I Fell

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4883 "2025-07-14T14:53:04Z")

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**Beatles songs included in the film _Across the Universe_**

1. Come Together
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3. Helter Skelter
4. Blackbird
5. Across the Universe
6. It Won’t Be Long
7. Dear Prudence
8. Oh! Darling
9. If I Fell
10. I am the Walrus

Next: **Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4884 "2025-07-14T14:56:48Z")

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**Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash
2. Manic Monday - the Bangles

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4885 "2025-07-14T15:00:43Z")

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**Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash
2. Manic Monday - the Bangles
3. Monday, Monday - the Mamas & the Papas

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4886 "2025-07-14T15:03:23Z")

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**Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash
2. Manic Monday - the Bangles
3. Monday, Monday - the Mamas & the Papas
4. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4887 "2025-07-14T15:34:26Z")

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**Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash
2. Manic Monday - the Bangles
3. Monday, Monday - the Mamas & the Papas
4. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
5. Friday I’m In Love - The Cure

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4888 "2025-07-14T15:36:24Z")

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**Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash
2. Manic Monday - the Bangles
3. Monday, Monday - the Mamas & the Papas
4. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
5. Friday I’m In Love - The Cure
6. Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4889 "2025-07-14T15:44:13Z")

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**Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash
2. Manic Monday - the Bangles
3. Monday, Monday - the Mamas & the Papas
4. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
5. Friday I’m In Love - The Cure
6. Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet
7. The Diary of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra

Monday  
Late again today  
He’d be in trouble  
Though he’d say he was sorry  
He’d have to hurry out  
To the bus

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4890 "2025-07-14T15:49:29Z")

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**Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash
2. Manic Monday - the Bangles
3. Monday, Monday - the Mamas & the Papas
4. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
5. Friday I’m In Love - The Cure
6. Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet
7. The Diary of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra
8. New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4891 "2025-07-14T17:51:54Z")

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**Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash
2. Manic Monday - the Bangles
3. Monday, Monday - the Mamas & the Papas
4. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
5. Friday I’m In Love - The Cure
6. Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet
7. The Diary of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra
8. New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran
9. Blue Monday - New Order

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4892 "2025-07-14T18:38:35Z")

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**Songs that mention Monday**

1. Police on My Back - The Clash
2. Manic Monday - the Bangles
3. Monday, Monday - the Mamas & the Papas
4. I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
5. Friday I’m In Love - The Cure
6. Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet
7. The Diary of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra
8. New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran
9. Blue Monday - New Order
10. Seven Days - Sting

New category:

**Christmas songs you don’t hear often**

1. Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4893 "2025-07-14T18:42:44Z")

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**Christmas songs you don’t hear often**

1. Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller
2. Riu Riu Chiu - The Monkees

'Tis a tender Italian carol in which the woodpeckers call out to Mary to warn her there are wolves nearby.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4894 "2025-07-14T18:43:52Z")

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**Christmas songs you don’t hear often**

1. Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller
2. Riu Riu Chiu - The Monkees
3. Christmas Song - Jethro Tull

An Ian Anderson-penned original, not a cover of Nat King Cole’s classic.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4895 "2025-07-14T18:47:30Z")

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**Christmas songs you don’t hear often**

1. Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller
2. Riu Riu Chiu - The Monkees
3. Christmas Song - Jethro Tull
4. Santa Mouse - Burl Ives

The first 45 I ever owned.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4896 "2025-07-14T19:05:36Z")

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**Christmas songs you don’t hear often**

1. Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller
2. Riu Riu Chiu - The Monkees
3. Christmas Song - Jethro Tull
4. Santa Mouse - Burl Ives
5. Dominick the Donkey - Lou Monte

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4897 "2025-07-14T19:26:17Z")

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**Christmas songs you don’t hear often**

1. Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller
2. Riu Riu Chiu - The Monkees
3. Christmas Song - Jethro Tull
4. Santa Mouse - Burl Ives
5. Dominick the Donkey - Lou Monte
6. Christmas In July - Brave Combo

_The president was passing laws  
Gave a call to Santa Claus  
He said, “Get that toy machine on high  
Economy is in a slump  
I know what could pick it up  
This year let’s have Christmas in July”_

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4898 "2025-07-14T20:52:26Z")

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**Christmas songs you don’t hear often**

1. Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller
2. Riu Riu Chiu - The Monkees
3. Christmas Song - Jethro Tull
4. Santa Mouse - Burl Ives
5. Dominick the Donkey - Lou Monte
6. Christmas In July - Brave Combo
7. Santo Natale - David Whitfield

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4899 "2025-07-14T22:05:56Z")

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**Christmas songs you don’t hear often**

1. Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller
2. Riu Riu Chiu - The Monkees
3. Christmas Song - Jethro Tull
4. Santa Mouse - Burl Ives
5. Dominick the Donkey - Lou Monte
6. Christmas In July - Brave Combo
7. Santo Natale - David Whitfield
8. Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas) - John Denver

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4900 "2025-07-14T22:19:58Z")

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**Christmas songs you don’t hear often**

1. Must Be Santa - Mitch Miller
2. Riu Riu Chiu - The Monkees
3. Christmas Song - Jethro Tull
4. Santa Mouse - Burl Ives
5. Dominick the Donkey - Lou Monte
6. Christmas In July - Brave Combo
7. Santo Natale - David Whitfield
8. Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas) - John Denver
9. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - traditional

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